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Vishnupurana 3.8.34-37

Viṣṇupurāṇa 3.8.34-37

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3.8.34

bhṛtyādibharaṇārthāya sarveṣāṃ ca parigrahaḥ
ṛtukālābhigamanaṃ svadāreṣu mahīpate //

"Besides these their respective obligations, there are duties equally incumbent upon all the four castes. These are, the acquisition of property, for the support of their families; cohabitation with their wives, for the sake of progeny; tenderness towards all creatures, patience, humility, truth, purity, contentment, decency of decoration, gentleness of speech, friendliness; and freedom from envy and repining, from avarice, and from detraction. These also are the duties of every condition of life.

Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition

3.8.35

dayā samastabhūteṣu titikṣā nābhimānitā
satyaṃ śaucam anāyāso maṅgalaṃ priyavāditā //

"Besides these their respective obligations, there are duties equally incumbent upon all the four castes. These are, the acquisition of property, for the support of their families; cohabitation with their wives, for the sake of progeny; tenderness towards all creatures, patience, humility, truth, purity, contentment, decency of decoration, gentleness of speech, friendliness; and freedom from envy and repining, from avarice, and from detraction. These also are the duties of every condition of life.

Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition

3.8.36

maitry aspṛhā tathā tadvad akārpaṇyaṃ nareśvara
anasūyā ca sāmānyā varṇānāṃ kathitā guṇāḥ //

"Besides these their respective obligations, there are duties equally incumbent upon all the four castes. These are, the acquisition of property, for the support of their families; cohabitation with their wives, for the sake of progeny; tenderness towards all creatures, patience, humility, truth, purity, contentment, decency of decoration, gentleness of speech, friendliness; and freedom from envy and repining, from avarice, and from detraction. These also are the duties of every condition of life.

Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition

3.8.37

āśramāṇāṃ ca sarveṣām ete sāmānyalakṣaṇāḥ
guṇāṃs tathāpaddharmāṃś ca viprādīnām imāñ chṛṇu //

"Besides these their respective obligations, there are duties equally incumbent upon all the four castes. These are, the acquisition of property, for the support of their families; cohabitation with their wives, for the sake of progeny; tenderness towards all creatures, patience, humility, truth, purity, contentment, decency of decoration, gentleness of speech, friendliness; and freedom from envy and repining, from avarice, and from detraction. These also are the duties of every condition of life.

Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition

"In times of distress the peculiar functions of the castes may be modified, as you shall hear. A Brahman may follow the occupations of a Kshatriya or a Vaiśya; the Kshatriya may adopt those of the Vaiśya; and the Vaiśya those of the Kshatriya: but these two last should never descend to the functions of the Śúdra, if it be possible to avoid them; and if that be not possible, they must at least shun the functions of the mined castes. I will now, Rájá, relate to you the duties of the several Ásramas or conditions of life."

Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition

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